Hair curler



Patented Mar. 10, A1925.

UNITED STATES RUBY Hungria, or sT. Louis, ivrrssounr.

mun OURLER.

Application filed November-.26, 1923. sera] No.` G77-,155.,

ToA all/wimmelt may concern:

eitknownthatl, RUBY Hunris, a citizen of the United`rr States, residingat` St. Louis, and 4State of ,-Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Hair Curlers; and I do' declare the.following tobe a full, clear, and exactv description ofgfthe inventiom such as.willr4 enable others skilled in the art to whichwit lappertainsto makeand use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in hair curlers, and has for itsobject to provide a simple and inexpensive, yet an efficient anddesirable device of this character which will effectively curl eitherbobbed or long hair.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subjectmatter hereinafter described and claimed, the description beingVsupplemented by the accompanying drawing.

Figure 1 is an edge view.

Figure 2 is a side elevation.

Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a detail transverse section as indicated by line 4-4 of Fig.2.

In the drawing above briefly described, the numeral 1 designates anelongated body preferably bent from a single piece of wire and havingparallel side members 2 connected at one end by a straight bight portion3, the free ends of said side members being connected by a head 4 whichis relatively immovable. This head is formed with Va pair of inwardlyturned hooks 5 and 6 disposed at opposite sides of the plane of thebody 1. The head is preferably of a novel construction yet tobedescribed.

One or more arms for clamping the body 1 against the ends of the hair,preparatory to, wrapping the hair upon said body, are provided. In thepresent instance two arms are shown as constructed of two lengths ofwire 7 having eyes 8 at one end by means of which they are pivotallyconnected to the bight ends o the wires 7 are engageable with the hook 5as shown. v l

For clamping the hair after wrapping upon the body 1,'additional armsare provided at the side of said body remote from the first mentionedarms, said additional arms preferably consisting of two longitudinallyundulated wires 9 having eyes 10 straddling the eyes 8 and pivotallysurroundportion 3 of the body 1. The other ing the bigiayporaon: eofsaiabodyi. frirel undulations of the arms. 94-'9 leftectivelyaccommodate ythe hair and assist ini properlyjcurling the same, whensaidY arms.. are, engagedwith the hook 6. To, insure. tight'.v

grip of the endsof the hair, the arms 7447*,v

are lpreferably .bowed .longitudinally to ,lie between theV side members2, at .-itsintermediate portion'. i

In constructing thehead 4, I- preferably make use of-two thicknessesofsheet metal 11, disposed in the plane of the body 1 and extendingbetween the free ends of its side members 2, said thicknesses of metalbeing preferably formed fromV a single metal plate and being bent at 12around the side members 2, to secure them thereto. The outer edgeportions of the thicknesses 11 have integral flanges which are bentinwardly toward the outer sides of said thicknesses, to form the hooks 5and 6. By constructing the head in this manner, it may be easily andinexpensively manufactured, yet will perform the desired functions. l V

When using the. device, the ends of the hair are placed across the bodyland the arms 7-7 are swung inwardly and hooked.

to clamp the body and hair together. Then the body is rolled to wrapthehair thereon and finally the arms 9-9 are clamped on the outer sideof the hair and engaged with the hook 6. The hair may either be rolledinwardly or outwardly, as desired, and in either case, an exceptionallypleasing curling effect is produced, whether on bobbedhair or long hair.

As excellent results are obtainable from the details disclosed, they arepreferably 2. A hair curler comprising an elongated 3 l U-shaped bodyhaving parallel side members, two thicknesses of metal in the plane ofsaid body and extending between` the free ends of said side members,said thick.-

nesses being bent around said side members to secure them thereto andhaving integral flanges at their outer edges, said flanges being bentinwardly toward the outer sides of said thicknesses of metal to form apair of hooks, and a pair of arms each pivoted at one end to the bightportion of said body, the other ends of said arms being engageable withsaid hooks when swung oppositely toward said body.

3. A hair ourler comprising an elongated body having spaced parallelside members, a pair of arms pivoted at one end to one end of said bodysaid arms being bowed throughout their entire length to lie between saidside members, a sec-ond pair of Varms pivoted at one end to one end orsaid body and movable outwardly in the opposite direction from saidbowed arms and 20 means rigidly connected to the outer ends of the sidemembers oi' said body for oonneoting the free ends of said arms withsaid body.

4. A hair ourler Comprising an elongated 'body having spaced parallelside members,

arms formed of two lengths of wire each of which is pivotally connectedat one end to one end of the body and bowed throughout In testimonywhereof I have hereunto affixed my signature. f

RUBY HURTIG.

